(Posted on behalf of Dh) AIBU to be cross about the Lloyds advert

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Dh has asked me to post this

The Lloyds advert has come on, the one where the horse is running through all the scenes.

He usually loves it. Tonight he is pissed off. The scene where the man is proposing to his boyfriend has been cut out.

Why?!

Are you sure it's not just a shortened version and other things have been cut out too?

It may just be a slightly different length of ad spot - often several different cuts are produced, and shorter versions run once the full 'film' has played out for a few weeks.

For a different time slot.

I said that, but he pointed out that they could have left something else out and not cut the only gay scene

I hate that horse , it's like the horse of death running through people's lives and cursing them . It's a horrible sinister advert. The couple have had a lucky escape.

I think ur DH should possibly get out more ;-)

Probably

I love it. I've been known to shed a little tear :)

There are four versions - I'm not sure if they are all still running - each with a different scene removed. Then the full-length version.

Unfortunately I do think that one is the most noticeable, and it's the most memorable scene, but I think all four versions are shown. It's just so that they can save costs on paying for a shorter slot, but still appeal to the various segments.

I shall tell him that Anchor and hope he stops sulking

Get him to tweet Lloyds and ask why. They'll reply.

I imagine it's about cost. Internally Lloyds are very big on diversity and LBGT issues.

We don't have Twitter

I don't understand it tbh, so never signed up to it.

I've never seen that version. I love that advert, everything should have horses running in it.

Hahahahaha!!!!

He was hoping for more "it's ok. Don't let it worry you. It will be on again at some point" type posts

He obviously hasn't seen AIBU

I think that, unless they've got various versions with different bits cut out, they should have left the proposal scene.

It always gives me a bit of a fly in my eye, tbh.

Flying

Totally :)

OK, he can email them though. They won't mind.

here is the full advert if you want to see

Though now you've said death horse that's all I can see

It is not a death horse! How very dare you

It is a beautiful noble steed!

He's big...and black!!

Perfect horse for a funeral carriage

How can anyone not like the horse!? The lloyds tsb adverts make me cry. I'm sure I've read somewhere that they actually own a black horse.

They probably so own a horse. Which they rent out for funeral processions

I think your dp should register for MN and post this himself!

But that means handing over my phone and actually doing something!